A lot has happened in the last seven months since our last post.  We have a new edition to the family.  No, it is not a baby.  The new edition is a dog.  Terra gave her to me as a present this last Christmas.  She is a dachshund or more commonly known as a weiner dog.  We named her Zoe and she is a lot of fun.  Terra just likes to call her weiner.

Terra’s sister and her Yavapai College softball team won the NCJAA College World Series for their division.  It was held up in St. George, Utah.  Terra and I managed to take time off work to see the tournament and cheer them on to victory.

Terra has also started on her way towards a master’s degree.  She is one week away from finishing her second class at University of Phoenix.  Only two more years to go and a lot more papers to write.

That’s all I can think of to write about for now.  I just wanted to post a quick update.  Hopefully we will not wait another seven months before making another post.

After we said good-bye to clown guy I start trimming the bushes with Nick’s mom’s electric hedge trimmer (LOVE IT!).  Nick seemed a little worried that I might be cutting them back too far.  I guess I learned my yard skills from my father; who’s philosophy is cut it down to the roots and you don’t have to trim again for another 4 months.  To appease Nick, I left a few leaves on the bushes.  A few yards away, Nick worked on the mesquite tree.  Though the tree does a great job of shading our front room window from the sun in the afternoon, it sure a mess of tangled branches.  Nick started to saw the branches of the tree back.  Our neighbor, two doors down on the opposite side of clown guy’s house, came over with an electric chain saw and told Nick he couldn’t watch Nick use a regular saw on that tree any more.  Chain saw guy also let us use his trailer to put our lawn clipping in because we have yet to get our green trash bin from the city.  After it got too dark to ensure we were not going to clip our fingers off or saw our arms off, we cleaned up the clippings and came inside.

After coming in side I kind of got in a cleaning mood.  I finished the dishes from dinner and swept the floor and then decided to try out one of the gifts from my bridal shower.  The Shark.  It is a steam cleaner for tile floors.  Nick helped me measure out the right amount of water to use and off I went.  It is so fun to use!  It’s like magic, you just move over the floor with it and then the spot is clean and even better….its dry within seconds!  YAY!!!  All in all, a good day.  I am exhausted, but it has been a good day!

Also… last Saturday was my bridal shower.  I had a BLAST!!!  And I must thank Jen for organizing it and also thank Jen and Kacey and my sisters and mom for all of their hard work and brilliant ideas!   It was Halloween themed…and everyone dressed up and there were carmel apples and all the people I love were there…I didn’t want the night to end.  I also got some really nice gifts, ones that even made me cry because they were so thoughtful.  We also played a really fun game where Brianna video taped Nick answering questions and everyone had to guess what his answers were.  Sadly I think I got the lowest score…but Nick and I had a little talk about his answers when I got home.    Love you hun! Anyway, it was just really great!

In other news.  We are working on getting the invitations to the wedding ready to be sent out.  So keep an eye on your mailboxes.

In other news, I have updated the Wedding page to include the time and location of the wedding as well as a Google Map.  In the future we will be including other information such as where we have gift registries and how much the cover charge will be.  Only kidding on the cover charge.  However, keep an eye on that page for more info, especially if you are invited.